George Jarkesy, Jr., Director of America West Resources, to be Featured on CEO Central Tonight

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- America West Resources, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AWSRD), a domestic compliant coal producer with mining operations in Central Utah, today announced that George Jarkesy, Jr., a director of the Company, will be a featured guest on CEO Central Radio, to be aired live on www.blogtalkradio.com/ceocentral tonight beginning at 8:00 PM Eastern Time.  

Jarkesy is expected to comment on America West's coal mining operations and the anticipated growth of the domestic and international coal markets.  He will also engage listeners in a live, interactive question and answer session, which can be accessed from the main room at http://stocktraderschat.com/.  A taped recording of the interview will be archived and available on www.ceocentral.com shortly after the conclusion of the live Internet broadcast.

A successful money manager, respected financial and corporate advisor and a dynamic public speaker, Jarkesy has founded and helped to build companies engaged in a broad range of industry sectors, including financial consulting, real estate investing, real estate management, employee leasing, light steel manufacturing, livestock management, oil field services and biotechnology.  However, it has been his passion for hard asset investing that has earned him worldwide distinction as a vocal Wall Street advocate for resource-based markets with specific emphasis on oil sands, uranium mining and coal mining.  A noted thought leader on the growth potential inherent in the domestic coal mining industry, Jarkesy's bullish knowledge of prevailing global trends helps him argue the point that overseas coal consumption is a major driving force behind domestic coal prices and a vital key to the enduring success of the industry.  

CEO Central and StockTraderChat are web resource portals that endeavor to provide corporate executives, investment professionals and individual investors with highly interactive access, insight and perspective into emerging public companies and best corporate governance practices through the delivery of a broad range of investor awareness products and services, including featured articles, exclusive real-time interviews, competitive stock analysis and other educational tools and information.

About America West Resources, Inc.

Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, America West Resources is an established domestic coal producer focused on the mining of compliant (low-sulfur) coal and its sale primarily to utility companies and industrial customers in the western U.S., China and Europe. The Company operates the Horizon Mine, which has recoverable compliant coal reserves under lease of approximately 12 million tons.  For more information, please visit www.AmericaCoal.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements Please refer to the Company's Form 10-K and other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for additional information regarding risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the risk factors listed from time to time in such SEC reports.  Copies of these filings are available through the SEC's electronic data gathering analysis and retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov.  The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance.  Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release which are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding current or future mining output, ability to obtain necessary equipment, personnel and permits to mine coal, production capabilities, management's strategy, plans and objectives for future operations, plans and objectives for production, plans and objectives for present and future production, plans and objectives for regulatory approval, and anticipated results, constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including, without limitation, risks associated with coal production, mining in general and in our mines in particular, ability to achieve the coal output anticipated, ability to obtain permits, ability to hire and retain the necessary personnel,  as well as other risks detailed in our filings with the SEC.  We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.

SOURCE America West Resources, Inc.